The Things We Never Bother to See

An essay by Chad Schomber

There’s a patch of mold behind the fridge. Has been for a while now. It’s the kind of thing you don’t notice until something smells off, and by then it’s already thriving. We’ve all got a few of those. Not just in the kitchen. In our routines. In our people. In the stale corners of how we live.

Blindspots aren’t always things we avoid. Sometimes they’re …